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Herbarium specimen: Salix purpurea

Taxon:Salicaceae: Salix purpurea L. ("Purple Willow")
Filed in taxon folder:Salicaceae: Salix purpurea L. ("Purple Willow")
Collected by:Mrs Elizabeth Anne Lomax
Collection date:8/1877
Locality:Great Britain, VC55 Leicestershire, Sapcote, SP49, bank of a stagnant pond
ex herb:Rev. Augustin Ley
Botanical Exchange Club of The British Isles
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Salix purpurea herbarium specimen from Sapcote, VC55 Leicestershire in 1877 by Mrs Elizabeth Anne Lomax.
fruits/flowers:buds/immature flowers
notes:From an apparently very old tree ... a hard winter has since killed it. The villagers c[oul]d give no account of it.
Filing note:Salix purpurea var styligera

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Documented by johned on 19th August 2010.

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